Congress attack on Hosabale comments are a diversionary tactic: BJP
The BJP on Friday (June 27, 2025) accused the Congress of indulging in diversionary tactics instead of apologising for the Emergency era actions of a Congress government, including violations of the Indian Constitution.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the main issue before the country was the violation of the people's fundamental rights during the Emergency.
He was speaking after the Congress slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabele for calling for a review of the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' added to the Constitution's Preamble during the Emergency, as they were not part of the original version drafted by B.R. Ambedkar. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the mask of the RSS has come off again, as it wants the Manusmriti, and not the Constitution.
'Congress must apologise'
'The BJP has been raising the issue of flagrant violations of people's fundamental rights and atrocities committed by the Congress government during the Emergency, and has demanded an apology from the Congress. But the party is not ready to apologise and is instead diverting the issue,' Mr. Trivedi said.
'It is the Congress which is behind every act of tampering with the Constitution and its spirit over the last 70 years. The Congress must apologise instead of spreading confusion,' he added.
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